We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us: Dependency and Exploitation in Bolivian Tin Mines

June Nash

ISBN 10: 0231047118 / ISBN 13: 9780231047111

Published by Columbia University Press, 1982

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In this powerful anthropological study of a Bolivian tin mining town, Nash explores the influence of modern industrialization on the traditional culture of Quechua-and-Aymara-speaking Indians. Seller Inventory # SKU2020021673

Bibliographic Details

Title: We Eat the Mines and the Mines Eat Us: ...

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Publication Date: 1982

Binding: Softcover

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

This account of life in the Bolivian tin mines has been revised to include a new preface by the author that brings the text up to date. It addresses new issues in anthropology and recounts the author's findings during her most recent visit to Bolivia.

Review:

"More than an anthropological account of indigenous miners in far off Bolivia, the book is a serious rendering of the contemporary social, economic, and political reality at the industrial world periphery." -- "Technology and Culture"

"More than an anthropological account of indigenous miners in far off Bolivia, the book is a serious rendering of the contemporary social, economic, and political reality at the industrial world periphery." -- Technology and Culture

"More than an anthropological account of indigenous miners in far off Bolivia, the book is a serious rendering of the contemporary social, economic, and political reality at the industrial world periphery." -- "Technology and Culture"